Full Coverage: Agriculture

20.04.2007

20.04.2007 NEW YORK, Apr 20 (OneWorld) - Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall joined corporate executives this week to launch a new line of "chimp-friendly" coffee, designed to open consumers' eyes to environmental degradation in western Tanzania and the steep toll it's taking on chimpanzees and humans alike.

17.04.2007 This year the European Union will spend more than 35 percent of its 115 billion euro (156 billion dollars) budget on supporting farmers, even though agriculture accounts for less than 5 percent of the EU workforce.With such a disproportionate focus on farming, does the Union have any moral authority to demand liberalisation of the food trade in poor countries, where often 70 percent of people rely on agriculture to make a living?

17.04.2007

09.04.2007 Reacting to the IPCC report on climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the impacts of climate change are increasingly noticeable, and likely to become more so in the future as extreme weather events intensify. He also urged countries to work on mitigating the worst effects of climate change.

09.04.2007 The leader of the Narmada Bachao Aandolan (NBA) Medha Patkar has criticised the Indian government for its new policy on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) saying the government did not hold nation-wide consultations. A Press Release by the Co-ordination Committee ACTION 2007 says the new policy does not talk about rehabilitation and resettlement for the displaced people.

04.04.2007 NEW YORK, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration's plans to increase biofuel imports could add to the suffering of millions of impoverished peasants in Brazil and other developing countries, food rights and environmental groups say.